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APPLICATION FILED BBPT.20,1906. 4 v I Y 2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

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` DAVID Ross, or AUGUSTA, iLLiNois.v

l*Specification of Letters Patent.

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Application filed September 20, 1906. Serial No. 335.455..

Beity known that I, DAVID Ross, a citizen of the United States, residingat Augusta, in-

the county of Hancock, State of Illinois, have invented certain new and.useful Improvements in Gates; and I do hereby declare the following tobe a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as willenable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and usethe same.

This invention has relation to that class or kind of gates that aredesigned to be opened with a horse or team hitched thereto.

The nature of the invention embodies a pair of levers pivoted upon postson opposite sides of the gate and linked or pivoted tol gether at theirends, so that they can be operated upon projections extending up fromthe to pof the gate, which is made movable end-1 wise, and so work 'thesaid gate backward or forward, locking it iinally by the extension ofthe inner ends of one or both levers between a projection on the top ofthe gate and the gaie-post or its connections.

Theinvention is shown as embodied in the annexed drawings, forming apart of this specification, in viewl of which the improvements willfirst be described with respect to their construction and vmode ofoperation and then be pointed out in the subjoined claims. l Of the saiddrawings, Figure 1 is a side view showing the gate as closed and locked.Fig. 2 is a plan ofthe same. Fig. 3 is a side view showing the gate aspartially open.

' Fig. 4 is a transverse section on a plane along the inner face of theinnergate-post. 5 is a transverse section through the frame and itsguides and'shOWing a way of connecting the supporting-wheels with theinvention. Fig. 6 isa detail view showing a slight modification.

Similar numerals of reference designate similar parts or features, asthe case may be, wherever they occur.

In the drawings, 10 designatesl the two outer gate-posts, 11 the innergate-posts, and. y12 the osts for assisting in the support of guides 'orthe frame 13 and the gate 14, connected with the frame so as to slidewith it between the said posts and the spaced guidestrips 15, supportedon the tops of the posts 16 designates wheels of suitable size journaledin mortises 17, formed in the lower bar of the gate and frame, andarranged to traverse a track 18 as the gate and frame are.V

moved backward` and forth to open and close the former.

19 designates.lever-supporting posts, one on, each. side of the gate andOnaline ypreferably somewhat rearward from the line of the gate-posts 11and preferably also higher than the latter posts. are pivoted loosely onthe top of the leverposts 19 and are linked or pivoted together at theirinner ends, so that the said inner ends may be operated by themanipulation of the outer arms of the levers to act successively uponthe upright projections 21 on the top of the gate and move itintermittingly to open or closed position, the projections forward ofvthe top and bottom bars 22 and 23 of the gate extending between theposts 10 and holding the forward end laterally in position.

One of the guide-strips 15 on the top of the posts 11 and 12 projectsinward toward the gate from the former post, as at 24, and is offset onits under side, asdesignated by 25, so that the lever 20 on the side ofthe said guide-strip may be moved underthe projecting lip 21 above theoffset 25, and withI the inner end of the said lever extending betweenthe projections 21 on the top of the gate lock it in open or partiallyopen or closed positions, as will be clearly understood.

By -the construction described it will be seen that the gate may beeasily and readily opened by a person in a vehicle with a team hitchedthereto by short movements of the levers 20, causing their inner ends toengage the projections on the top of the gate successively and movingthe said gate to open or closed or partially closed position and lockingit in said position, as circumstances may require. The gate may bepartially opened, so that a person may freely pass through withoutmoving the gate, and yet keep large live stock from passing through theopening.

.It is recognized that while I'have shown and described the best formnow known to me in which my improvements may be embodied changes may bemade in the form and arrangement of parts and features ofthe samewithout departing from the general nature or spirit thereof.

What is claimed as the invention isz- 1. The combination with the pairsof gateposts and the guiding-strips on the tops of the two outer pairsof the said gate-posts, of the gate having projections on its top dis-IOO IIO

posed to move between the saidguide-str'ips, posts on opposite sides ofthe gate, levers pivoted on said posts and linked together at theirinner ends and adapted to engage the said projections and move the gate,onejof said guide-strips being extended to permit the inner end of oneof the levers to be caught thereunder, and held thereby betweenprojeotions on the gate to lock the latter in positionjj 2. The'combination with the gate having projections on its upper sides and thegateposts and other requisite supporting and guiding means for the gate,of posts higher than the gate-posts and out of' line therewith, andlevers pivoted on said higher posts, linked together at their inner endsabove the gate and adapted to move the latter through.

' the medium of said projections, and means connected with thegate-guiding means with which one of the levers may be engaged to lookthe gate.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

DAVID ROSS. Witnesses:

E. W. PERRYMAN, C. H. MEAD.

